music

I know, I know. The real fans will tell me that this is not a new song & it’s not an unknown song. But here’s the deal: it’s new to me.

& it has taken over my brain cogs, my wordsmith circuitry, my ear for sounds that are dark & melancholy & beautiful.

I mean, look at these lyrics:

Please, remember meMy miseryAnd how it lost me all I wantedThose dogs that love the rainAnd chasing trainsThe colored birds above there runningIn circles round the wellAnd where it spellsOn the wall behind St. Peter’sSo bright with cinder grayAnd spray paint‘Who the hell can see forever?’

This is a song that has no chorus–it’s just eight verses one after another–and still manages to insert itself into your subconscious with a steady repeating of: Please, remember me. Sam Beam (the man that is Iron & Wine) has a knack for poetry that is haunting, somber, timeless.